Re:Whole Foods workers seek to unionize
by coldtea on Friday September 07, 2018 @09:47AM
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>Maternity leave is guaranteed for most employees under FMLA.
You'd be surprised.
The FMLA only mandates for unpaid leave. That's unlike most western european countries. And even that's under BS conditions and subject to employer power plays as opposed to totally normal and acceptable (and paid).
>That can be actionable too. If you are pregnant and they fire you, they are opening themselves up to so much liability it outweighs the few dollars they might save.
Maternity leave is not just for pregmant people. What about after birth?
Besides, there are lots of ways to make it so it's not actionable.
You'd be surprised.
The FMLA only mandates for unpaid leave. That's unlike most western european countries. And even that's under BS conditions and subject to employer power plays as opposed to totally normal and acceptable (and paid).
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/06/what-family-lea...
https://newfoodeconomy.org/giving-kitchen-staplehouse/
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/05/working-mothers-mo...
>That can be actionable too. If you are pregnant and they fire you, they are opening themselves up to so much liability it outweighs the few dollars they might save.
Maternity leave is not just for pregmant people. What about after birth?
Besides, there are lots of ways to make it so it's not actionable.